Chapter 347 A Day of Leisure
On December 12, Cui Jian did not receive calls from Yu Ming and Li Ran, and accompanied Ye Lan's sister to eat seafood hot pot in the courtyard. Li Jie's sudden loss of contact was a hot topic in the circle, but there was no disturbance due to the video evidence.

Ye Lan studies and works every day, and her life pace is very fast. Only when she takes a break from her busy schedule to hang out with Cui Jian, the whole pace slows down, and she changes from the energetic little boss to a weak little girl who can't dress, comb her hair, pick up food, or take a bath.

During the hot pot, Cui Jian was digging crab roe for the little girl and asked about the nearby villas: "Is the villa opposite your brother's?"

Ye Lan said, "My dad borrowed it. He said he wanted to receive a distinguished guest. He not only sent the housekeeper over, but also arranged a large number of staff."

Cui Jian asked curiously, "What VIP?"

Ye Lan said: "He can be considered my father's savior."

Although German is a difficult language to learn, due to Germany's status in Europe, young Ye Wen eventually chose to study in Germany. He did not live on campus, but shared a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with his butler. At that time, the butler retired from the position of Qi Sha for several years and officially became Qi Sha's butler assistant.

When Ye Wen was studying, he faced many difficulties such as language and environment, but he overcame them one by one. However, he could not avoid the love that every young person will encounter. He fell in love with a senior girl in the school. The senior girl was a well-known pianist in the circle and dreamed of standing on the world stage.

At that time, Ye Wen longed for pure love. He went to Germany to study with an ordinary family, so he shared a small apartment with others and did not reveal his identity. Because of Ye Wen's appearance and extraordinary conversation, he also attracted the attention of the senior sister. The two sides were ambiguous for about three months, and just when everything was about to come to fruition, the senior sister's piano teacher's wife passed away.

The piano teacher is well-known in the global music industry. He has been with his wife for 25 years and cannot accept the pain of losing his wife. He is depressed and decadent. The senior is a psychology student who takes care of the piano teacher. The piano teacher treats the senior as a substitute. The senior has always admired the piano teacher who can stand at such a high level. It was only two months of spring break, and the relationship between the two heated up sharply.

After the spring break, Ye Wen got away from his busy business and returned to Berlin. He could not accept this result and swallowed a fatal amount of sleeping pills while drunk that night.

As a former killer, the butler had a keen sense of observation. In view of their friendship for a year, he saved Ye Wen. After Ye Wen woke up, he lay alone in the bed for a day and said only one sentence: Please don't tell the Ye family and the school about this.

Saving lives sometimes becomes a responsibility. In the following months, the housekeeper asked the depressed Ye Wen to accompany him for a ride every week. Ye Wen was reluctant at first, as he would rather immerse himself in his studies. In fact, it was because he was completely immersed in his studies that the housekeeper was worried. Gradually, during the ride, Ye Wen stopped paying attention to the destination and began to pay attention to the scenery along the road.

In the next two years, Ye Wen cycled across most of Europe, and his mind became more open. However, the relationship between the two was not close. Not long after Ye Wen came out of the haze, the housekeeper moved for work reasons. Since then, the two sides have communicated through emails. Ye Wen sent the photos he took while cycling to the housekeeper, who would carefully look at each photo and reply with a short message based on the location of the photo. For example, there is a village called XX further north, and there is a country bar where there used to be a very beautiful bartender.

Unlike Grandpa Ye, Ye Wen has an open attitude towards his children's education. Ye Lan had heard Ye Wen mention Grandpa Mark when she was a child, and visited Grandpa Mark when she and Ye Wen returned to their alma mater for a social gathering at the age of thirteen.

These are the stories Ye Lan knows. What Ye Lan doesn't know is that Ye Wen doesn't care about Qi Sha. When he learned that the housekeeper was captured, he didn't care. Then when he talked about this matter with the big boss in Nemo's circle, he saw the housekeeper's photo and knew the housekeeper's identity.

Ye Wen started chatting with the boss at that time, and soon there was a disagreement within Nemo on how to deal with the butler, and the German officials expressed their intention to intervene in the matter. Of course, the officials could not convict the butler, and coupled with the butler's physical condition, Ye Wen finally took the butler to Hancheng.

Ye Wen and his housekeeper are like gentlemen. No matter how busy Ye Wen is, he will personally send several or even dozens of emails to his housekeeper every year. The content is not boring, such as "how am I doing recently" or "how are you doing recently". Instead, it is like a travel note, with spiritual and philosophical thoughts such as mountain climbing. The housekeeper will also send emails to Ye Wen when his mood changes and he reflects on himself.

By now, Nemo has seen clearly that Ye Wen will not only not hand over the butler, but will not torture and kill the butler. Many people expressed anger about this. Ye Wen only uploaded a copy of the audio at that time on the internal network. When the Standing Committee asked who was willing to take over the butler, the conference call was silent and no one answered. Half a minute later, Ye Wen said that he was willing to take over the butler, but how he would treat the butler was not allowed to be asked by others.

At that time, everyone thought that Ye Wen wanted to torture the housekeeper and said this to warn them not to ask for mercy. So after understanding everyone's opinions, the Standing Committee agreed to hand the housekeeper over to Ye Wen for custody.

Ye Wen is a member of Nemo's business circle. He doesn't care about the news related to Qi Sha on a daily basis. After taking over the housekeeper, he began to try to contact Qi Sha to explain the situation. He didn't want to get into trouble. Finally, Ye Wen found Bing Ci, who was helpless. After the two-headed dog broke up all the Qi Sha members, not to mention the Qi Sha hidden in the seabed, even the two suspected quasi-Qi Sha members they paid attention to disappeared.

Ye Wen's series of actions made those who were interested more certain that Qi Sha would be in a state of system paralysis in the short term.

Because Ye Lan talked about Grandpa Mark with Cui Jian, Ye Lan contacted Ye Wen in the afternoon and walked with Cui Jian to visit the housekeeper.

The villa where the housekeeper lived was called the No. 2 Villa by the Ye family. A large part of the staff were bodyguards, all of whom were from the Ye family's internal system. In addition, there were more than a dozen people who took care of the housekeeper, including chefs, cleaners, maids, male caregivers, and a full-time female nurse.

Ye Lan and Cui Jian saw a neat and tidy housekeeper, whose hair was neatly combed. When Ye Lan and Cui Jian walked into the garden and sat down in front of the housekeeper, the housekeeper, who had an unfocused look and seemed to be watching TV, slowly raised his head and looked at Cui Jian. The last time he saw the housekeeper, Cui Jian was standing at the door, and he turned sideways, facing the housekeeper with his profile.

Cui Jian looked around the garden. The bodyguards in the garden had been withdrawn and the surveillance cameras had been removed. There were only a nurse and a male caregiver sitting on the side.

Ye Lan introduced herself and said that she had met the butler many years ago. As she was talking, she felt something was wrong. The butler didn't even look at her, but just stared at Cui Jian, as if he was confused and asking something.

Cui Jian nodded: "We met a few days ago."

"A few days ago?" The housekeeper muttered to himself, lowering his head and looking up at Cui Jian after a long while: "Is it Christmas?"

Cui Jian: "Five more days."

The housekeeper laughed: "This Christmas will definitely be very lively."

Cui Jian asked, "Are you pretending to be crazy or are you really stupid?"

When Ye Lan heard this, she said unhappily, "Cui Jian, don't be so rude. Grandpa Mark."

The housekeeper turned his head towards Ye Lan with difficulty, looked at her again and again, and said, "Very good."

Ye Lan was puzzled: "What's good?"

The butler stared at Ye Lan for a long time, and a tear slipped down from his left eye without warning. Then, the butler got down from the bench, knelt on the ground, and prostrated himself on the ground with his fists on his forehead: "I am guilty!"

Ye Lan hurriedly walked around the long coffee table and tried to help the housekeeper up, but she was not strong enough. She turned to look at Cui Jian, but saw that Cui Jian was indifferent. Ye Lan was furious: "Come and help."

Cui Jian said: "He is repenting." Only Cui Jian could understand the butler.

The housekeeper regretted that he had chosen Qi Sha from among the orphans. Having experienced a miserable childhood, they were easily led astray. Whether right or wrong, these orphans were led by Qi Sha, who was under his management, and embarked on this path of no return.

Cui Jian knew the housekeeper's inner demons very early on. It was not the first time that he told Cui Jian that he hoped Cui Jian would live like an ordinary person. When the housekeeper learned that Riyue had retired, got married, and started a new life in a seaside town, he was sincerely happy. However, how many people can get out of this like Riyue? Most of the Seven Killers end up dead, and a few can only live in anonymity.

The housekeeper always thought it was his fault. Although the system was like this before, it didn't mean he didn't have psychological pressure to do so. Especially Cui Jian and others, they were all members he carefully selected from the orphans. He always felt guilty about this group of people. When he saw Cui Jian and Ye Lan today, his emotions suddenly burst out.

The butler kept muttering to himself in a low voice, his body swaying up and down. Slowly, he became silent, and with Ye Lan's support on his arm, he stood up and looked around in a daze.

Ye Lan sent the butler back to his chair, and the butler's eyes quickly lost focus as he sat quietly.

On the way back to the villa, the two walked hand in hand in silence for a while. Ye Lan asked, "Why do you have ill will towards an old man?"

"Malice?" Cui Jian explained: "No, I have no ill intentions. It's just that I know his identity." Ye Lan asked: "Who is he?"

Cui Jian: "Qishash's butler, the VIP of the previous project once visited him." People of Qisha don't need pity from others.

Ye Lan was shocked and didn't know what to say for a moment. The first thing she thought of was the possible consequences of Ye Wen's actions. She took Cui Jian's hand, sat down on the stone bench on the roadside opposite the main entrance of her villa, leaned on Cui Jian, and sorted out her thoughts.

After a long time, Ye Lan said, "I don't know the Seven Killers very well, and I've never thought about whether they are good or bad, but since you are my father's friend, you should have basic manners in your words and deeds."

Cui Jian apologized: "I know, I'm sorry."

"Squat down." Ye Lan pulled Cui Jian to squat in front of her, then she stood on the stone chair and asked Cui Jian to carry her on his back. She smiled and said, "Let's go home."

Cui Jian whispered, "There are so many bodyguards." There were two bodyguards following him. There was a car parked by the gate with four bodyguards in it.

Ye Lan glanced over and everyone turned their heads.

Ye Lan bit Cui Jian's neck and asked viciously, "Are you leaving or not?"

Cui Jian turned around and said, "You have to work harder."

Ye Lan cooperated and touched lips with him: "The gas is full."

Cui Jian then stood up with satisfaction, smiled at the bodyguards nearby, carried Ye Lan across the road and entered the villa.

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At three o'clock in the morning on December 12st, Ye Lan's bedroom in the villa.

Cui Jian's phone vibrated. Ye Lan picked up the phone and took a look, then handed it over: "Li Ran." She was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and waiting with chopsticks in her hand.

Cui Jian put the instant noodles in front of Ye Lan and pressed the speakerphone: "Hello." He took the chopsticks and stirred the noodles. Cui Jian originally planned to cook, but Ye Lan thought that cooking at this time would affect her a little. In addition, she hadn't eaten instant noodles for a long time, so she was craving for it.

Li Ran asked: "OK?"

Cui Jian glanced at Ye Lan: "OK."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Lan looked at Cui Jian and asked, "Is this a secret code between men?"

Cui Jian sat down next to Ye Lan and asked with a smile, "What's the code?" He naturally put Ye Lan's legs on his knees, helped her massage her legs, and took advantage of her. My sister's legs are deadly knives.

Ye Lan thought for a while: "OK? It's a question. Manager Li means: Are you free to come out? There are two girls. You said OK, which means: Okay, both girls are mine."

Cui Jian couldn't believe it and asked, "Why two girls?"

Ye Lan said: "OK, two letters. If he says OK? Then it will be three."

Cui Jian gave a thumbs up, and saw the notification on the phone screen on the table light up. He took out his phone and unlocked it. Under Ye Lan's gaze, he entered the company's APP, accepted Yu Ming's commission, and said, "For the boss sister, I will not hesitate."

Ye Lan asked in surprise: "Two hundred dollars a day? Are you short of money?"

Cui Jian replied: "It's Yu Ming."

Ye Lan: “Yu Ming?” I’ve heard Cui Jian mention him before.

Cui Jian said again: "The imaginary enemy is Duanmu."

Ye Lan was even more shocked: "Are you guys playing some kind of shattering game?"

Cui Jian was dissatisfied: "Don't ask about my work. Finish eating quickly, I still have debts to pay."

"You still can't pay it back." Ye Lan smiled complacently, but also a little worried: "Is this project okay?"

Cui Jian shook his head: "I'm not sure about Duanmu's attitude now. Duanmu himself should not have an attitude. It depends on his boss's attitude. The first possibility is that the special forces intervene, and there should not be a direct confrontation between Duanmu and me. The second possibility is to kill with a borrowed knife. Li Jie is missing, Luke is nowhere to be found, and they use their knife, or in their name to confront me head-on..."

Ye Lan interrupted and asked, "Li Jie? Luke?" She suddenly understood why Cui Jian was not interested in talking to her about work. Each industry has its own barriers.

Cui Jian reached out and pinched Ye Lan's cheek, pulled her over and kissed her, and said, "Have I ever asked you how many properties you have?"

Ye Lan said: "You can ask."

Cui Jian choked and said stubbornly, "I won't ask."

Ye Lan: "You have to ask... No, Li Jie and Luke? What does it mean?"

Cui Jian said, "It's complicated to explain." As the Seven Killers and the bodyguard, Cui Jian has two different systems. But the transformation took too long, causing his two systems to get mixed up. He now doesn't know what he can say and what he can't say. He can't be sure which information was obtained by the Seven Killers Cui Jian and which information was obtained by the bodyguard Cui Jian.

Ye Lan: "The night is long."

Cui Jian said distressedly: "But I still have to pay my debts."

Ye Lan burst into laughter, pinched Cui Jian, and said, "Go ahead, if I tell you something, I'll add another debt to yours. I guarantee you won't be able to pay it off in your next life."

(End of this chapter)